vdr-plugin-streamdev/HISTORY

VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
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2004-??-??: Version 0.3.3

- dropped support for non-ts streaming in vdr-to-vdr clients
- implemented packet buffer that seems to improve distortions
- greatly re-worked device selection on server and client
  (vdr-to-vdr clients should behave exactly like clients with one card,
  can't test conditional access, though)
- now printing an error and exiting if streamdevhosts.conf is not existing
- increased client stream priority to 1
- implemented remote schedule to program remote timers directly from schedule
- the servers are turned on by default now
- new setup parameters "Bind to IP" for both servers for binding to a specific
  interface
- re-implemented section streaming (turned off by default, see setup menu)
- implemented a possibility to prevent a shutdown when clients are connected
  (patch VDR with patches/vdr-pluginactivity.diff if you want this feature)
- implemented channel listing through channels.htm(l) URI

????-??-??: Version 0.3.2

... has myteriously disappeared :-)

2004-02-16: Version 0.3.1 (unstable)

- Added finnish language texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- Increased all ringbuffer sizes to 3 MB
- Autodetecting VDR 1.2.x, 1.2.x with AutoPID and 1.3.x on compilation
- Server is only restarted if necessary after confirming setup
- Implemented PID-based streaming (only needed PIDs are transferred instead of
  all PIDs of the requested channel) (configurable)
- Implemented an editor for remote timers
- Implemented manual EPG synchronization from client
- Implemented Server Suspend remotely from client (configurable)
- Implemented an IP-Editor for the setup menu
- Separated Client and Server into two PlugIns
- Increased initial number of clients to five
- Implemented host-based authorization (syntax is equal to svdrphosts.conf)
- Removed two irritating messages that appeared sometimes while exiting VDR
- Implemented "Choose, Always, Never" for Suspend Mode, so it can be configured
  to behave like 0.2.0 (Always), 0.3.0 (Choose) or completely different (Never)
- Added missing translation entries
- Added PlugIn description to translation table
- Fully upgraded to VDR 1.3.X regarding threading (but still works with 1.2.6)
- Reworked manual (almost everything)

2003-10-10: Version 0.3.0 (unstable)

- Implemented "Suspend Live TV" in the VDR server (configurable)
- Reimplemented choice of device for live streaming (better for switching on
  client, and server doesn't loose live-tv)
- Added missing translation entries
- Increased client's streaming buffer size from 1 to 3 MB
- Updated installation instructions (including a patch to VDR that is 
  recommended currently)
- Updated manual

2003-10-04: Version 0.2.0 

- Removed those silly warnings in the toolbox-headers
- Implemented intelligent buffer overflow logging (doesn't flood syslog)
- Implemented EPG synchronization in the VDR client (configurable)
- Station name is transmitted in radio streaming now (Shoutcast-format).

2003-09-24: Version 0.1.1beta1

- Restructured remuxer code
- Added an ES-remuxer for radio channels (currently only manually)

2003-09-20: Version 0.1.0

- Fixed thread-abortion timeout in server thread

2003-08-31: Version 0.1.0beta4

- Added italian language texts (thanks to Angelus (DOm))
- Added a missing i18n translation (thanks to DOm)
- Added an #ifdef so the setup menu is displayed correctly with ElchiAIO 
	(thanks to DOm for reporting this one)
- It's possible to select the HTTP streamtype remotely, specified in the
  URL in addition to the old behaviour (thanks to Michal Novotny)
- Fixed creation ob remuxer objects in the server
- Fixed handling of timeout in cTBSelect

2003-06-08: Version 0.1.0beta3

- Fixed setup menu - now the cursor starts at the first visible entry
- Added PS streaming for HTTP (should work with most players now)
- Debugging symbols are only compiled with DEBUG=1 set

2003-06-06: Version 0.1.0beta2

- Added an #ifdef so this PlugIn will compile cleanly with the next 
  AUTOPID-patches
- Added categories to the menu
- Fixed segfault when closing the menu with OK
- Added an AnalogTV section to the README
- Added some missing i18n entries
- Corrected client reinitialization code (when changing client settings)
- Added PS streaming for HTTP (should work with most players now)
- Added -D_GNU_SOURCE to the Makefile (.......)

2003-06-03: Version 0.1.0beta1

- Replaced the toolbox with a current version
- Rewrote the server core from scratch
- Rewrote the client core from scratch
- Reduced the size of blocks processed in a transceiver turn to 10 TS packets
- Added TS transmission for HTTP (configurable via setup)
- Most client settings can be done on-the-fly now
- MIME type for radio channels now "audio/mpeg" instead of "video/mpeg"
  (still doesn't work really)

2003-05-08: Version 0.0.3beta1

- Server stops correctly on VDR exit
- Fixed a race condition when several threads access the client device
- Made server code more modular
- Structured the directories
- Fixed a bug in informational log-message
- Added Apid2, Dpid1 and Ppid in TS mode (silly me;) )

2003-05-03: Version 0.0.2

- Device is not deactivated anymore, since VDR does that itself
- Server is correctly deactivated, so it can be faultlessly reactivated
- Did some major code cleanup
- Added new command to the PROTOCOL (to negotiate stream types)
- Added the possibility to stream TS between two VDR's (which adds the 
  possibility of having AC3, Teletext etc. on the client) - this is 
  autonegotiated
- Streamtype can be changed in the setup menu, if TS works too unreliable
- Fixed a bug in multi-threaded device operation
- Sharing an epg.data with a server will be possible even if there is no 
  DVB-Device present
- Added a basic HTTP daemon to the server code

2003-03-17: Version 0.0.1a

- Corrected some bugs in the README and on the homepage *g*

2003-03-17: Version 0.0.1

- Initial revision.